Talking to other children, most of who live in small rented rooms in the city’s narrow bylanes, a similar story unfolds. If it weren’t for the Mid Day Meal, Class V student at the Rajkya Prathmik Vidyalaya, Madhuban Housing Board, Kanchan Yadav, 12, who has five siblings, would go hungry most times. But Kanchan, and her friend, Pushpa Kumari, 11, would like milk to be included in some form in their Mid Day Meal, either as ‘kheer’ (rice pudding) or as a wheat and milk porridge or as ‘chhach’ (a yogurt drink with salt and jeera).
